ᠤᠯᠤᠰ

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (ulus)	улс (uls)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋ (ulus), from Middle Mongol ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋ (ulus) / [Term?], from Common Turkic *uluš.

Pronunciation

• (Mongolia Khalkh) IPA^(key): [ʊɬs]
• (Dörböd) IPA^(key): [wɤ̟ltʰ]

Noun

ᠤᠯᠤᠰ • (ulus)

1. state, country, nation

   ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ
   ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ― mongɣul ulus ― Mongolia (literally, “the Mongol State”)

   ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ
   ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ― dumdadu ulus ― China (literally, “the Central State”)

   1. A syntactic head added to untitled full official state names

      ᠦᠺᠷᠠᠶᠢᠨ
      ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ― ükrayin ulus ― Ukraine (literally, “the State of Ukraine”)

2. people

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• ᠣᠯᠠᠨ
  ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ (olan ulus-un, “international; multinational”)
• ᠮᠤᠵᠢ
  ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (muǰi ulus, “federal state”, literally “province state”)

 

• ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡ
  ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠮᠳᠠᠭᠤ
  ᠡᠨᠡᠳᠬᠡᠭ
  ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (bügüde nayiramdaɣu enedkeg ulus, “Republic of India”)
• ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡ
  ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠮᠳᠠᠬᠤ
  ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ
  ᠠᠷᠠᠳ
  ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (bügüde nayiramdaqu dumdadu arad ulus, “People’s Republic of China”)
• ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡ
  ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠮᠳᠠᠬᠤ
  ᠺᠠᠽᠠᠭᠰᠲ᠋ᠠᠨ
  ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (bügüde nayiramdaqu kazaɣstan ulus, “Republic of Kazakhstan”)
• ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ
  ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (mongɣul ulus, “Mongolia”)
• ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ
  ᠢᠷᠭᠡᠨ
  ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (dumdadu irgen ulus, “Republic of China”)